Worker dies at Texas City plant

A 26-year-old worker at the Dallas Group of America facility in Texas City was killed Saturday, apparently while working on industrial equipment, the Galveston Daily News reported.

The victim was identified as Virgel James Stoker, according to the Daily News:

The incident happened at about 10 p.m. at the company’s facility at the Port of Texas City, 301 Dock Road, Texas City Homeland Security Coordinator Bruce Clawson said.

Details of what happened were unavailable but it appears the worker was injured while working on industrial equipment, Clawson said. The equipment is used to package products the company sells, Clawson said.

Stoker was taken to Clear Lake Regional’s Mainland Medical Center campus in Texas City where he was pronounced dead, Michael Barry of the Galveston County Medical Examiner’s Office confirmed.

The Dallas Group’s website describes the company as “the world’s premier producer of adsorbent synthetic magnesium silicate”, and the only North American maker of ammonium chloride. The company is based in New Jersey.